Positive Thinking: Social Science, Sociology and the Intellectual Legacy of Auguste Comte
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DOI: 10.1017/s1479244321000226
Abstract: How can you know something that cannot be seen, heard, tasted, touched or smelled? The question applies most obviously to things like rights, justice or freedom because they do not seem be as easy to… read more here.
Keywords: auguste comte; science; positive thinking; comte ... See more keywords
Positivism and its limitations for strategic intelligence: a non-constructivist info-gap critique
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DOI: 10.1080/02684527.2018.1471846
Abstract: Abstract Knowledge underlies rational choice between options. Predictive optimization is the prioritization of options according to their predicted outcomes based on available knowledge. The epistemological justification of predictive optimization is based on positivism, which asserts… read more here.
Keywords: intelligence; info gap; knowledge; positivism ... See more keywords